Texas authorities say they weren’t alerted about stabbing suspect’s move to Dallas area

LAS VEGAS — Texas authorities declare Nevada regulation enforcement failed to inform them when a girl accused of stabbing a person inside a Las Vegas-area lodge room in an obvious act of revenge relocated to Dallas.

Nika Nikoubin, 22, has been on home arrest in Texas since a minimum of June 2022 after posting bond and being launched from a Las Vegas jail, court docket data present. She has pleaded not responsible to tried homicide and battery in reference to the March 5, 2022, stabbing at a casino-hotel southeast of Las Vegas.

Nikoubin advised detectives on the time of her arrest that she stabbed a person she met on a relationship app to avenge the demise of an Iranian army chief who died in an American drone strike two years earlier, police have stated. The man survived.

A choose in Henderson, on the outskirts of Las Vegas, imposed a curfew for Nikoubin and stated she may depart residence just for work, counseling, medical appointments and college if she was launched from jail. Nikoubin moved to Dallas.

At a standing listening to Monday in Clark County District Court, a police detective for the University of Texas at Dallas revealed that regulation enforcement companies in Dallas weren’t made conscious of Nikoubin’s pending prison case in Nevada, KLAS-TV reported.

“That has sparked immediate concerns for the safety of the campus along with the community,” the detective, Rod Bishop, stated.

Judge Carli Kierny questioned whether or not Nikoubin, an aspiring music artist, has been correctly monitored since she was launched from jail in Las Vegas.

KLAS-TV reported that Nikoubin, whereas beneath home arrest, has left her residence to document music movies and carry out.

Bishop stated that campus police realized Nikoubin was beneath home arrest in Dallas solely when a reporter reached out for remark relating to the neighborhood’s security after Nikoubin booked “a singing event,” in accordance to court docket data.

Nikoubin’s lawyer, Alanna Bondy, requested the choose on Monday to launch her consumer from home arrest, saying she has not violated any of the circumstances of her launch from jail. Bondy additionally stated her performances are thought of work, KLAS-TV reported.

Another custody listening to is scheduled Wednesday.